Pete Wicks

Pete Wicks
Wicks in 2026
Born
Peter James Wicks

(1988-11-01) 1 November 1988
Harlow, Essex, England
OccupationTelevision personality
Television

Peter James Wicks (born 1 November 1988) is an English television personality who was a cast member on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex. Between September and December 2024, he was a contestant on the twenty-second series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Jowita Przystał.

Life and career

Peter James Wicks was born on 1 November 1988 in Harlow, Essex.[1][2] In 2015, Wicks joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its fifteenth series.[3][4] From 2016 to 2017, he was in a relationship with Ex on the Beach star Megan McKenna.[5]

In 2018, Wicks was a contestant on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.[6][7] In 2019, Wicks appeared on the sixth series of Celebs Go Dating.[8][9] He later returned to the series the following year during the COVID-19 pandemic to appear on Celebs Go Virtual Dating.[10] Later in 2020, Wicks was a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef.[11][12] In April 2021, Wicks joined The Celebrity Circle alongside his best friend Sam Thompson to play for money for charity by catfishing as Countdown presenter Rachel Riley.[13] They were runners-up of the series.[14][15] In 2022, Wicks appeared on an episode of Tipping Point: Lucky Stars and appeared on the fourth series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.[16] He was medically withdrawn due to injury.[17] He has also made guest appearances on television series including Joe Lycett's Got Your Back,[18] CelebAbility,[19] Sunday Brunch,[20] Celebrity Juice,[21] and Supermarket Sweep.[22] He appeared on Celebs Go Dating for his third time in 2022.[23] In 2023, Wicks participated in the Christmas edition of The Real Full Monty.

Since 2022, Wicks has been co-host of the podcast Staying Relevant with Sam Thompson. A live tour is due to take place in 2024.[24] In June 2025, the podcast won its first award at the annual Television and Radio Industries Club.[25]

Between March and April 2024, Wicks appeared on The Underdog: Josh Must Win,[26] aired on Channel 4 alongside Nick Grimshaw, Vicky Pattinson and Amber Rose Gill. Between September and December 2024, Wicks was a contestant on the twenty-second series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Jowita Przystał.[27] and reached the semi-final in week 12.[28]

In 2025, Wicks presented docuseries For Dogs' Sake for U&W, which was filmed at the Dogs Trust rehoming centre in Basildon.[29] He also began co-hosting the KISS radio show The Sunday Roast alongside Olivia Attwood.[30]

Filmography

As himself
Year Title Notes
2015–2022 The Only Way Is Essex Series regular
2018 Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls Contestant
2019, 2022 Celebs Go Dating Cast member; series 6 & 11
2020 Celebrity MasterChef Contestant; series 15
Celebs Go Virtual Dating Virtual; due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 The Celebrity Circle Contestant; third place
2022 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Contestant; series 4
2023 The Real Full Monty: Jingle Balls Cast member
2024 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Contestant; series 6
The Underdog: Josh Must Win Panellist
Strictly Come Dancing Contestant; series 22
2025 For Dogs' Sake Docuseries; U&W[31]

Books

  • Never Enough: My words unfiltered (September 2024)
  • Wicks, Pete (22 February 2018). For the Love of Frenchies: The Dogs that Changed my Life. Random House. ISBN 978-0-7535-4900-1.

References

  1. ↑ "Peter James WICKS". gov.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Who is Pete Wicks?". Heart.
  3. ↑ "TOWIE's Pete Wicks opens up about his most uncomfortable moment on camera". Digital Spy. 20 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Wightman, Catriona (2 March 2016). "10 pictures that prove that Pete Wicks is just the nicest man on TOWIE". Digital Spy.
  5. ↑ "TOWIE's Pete Wicks speaks out about Megan McKenna split". Heat. 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls 2018 line-up revealed". Radio Times.
  7. ↑ "Celebrity Island's Pete Wicks and Bear Grylls clash over pig-gate at finale". Digital Spy. 10 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Celebs Go Dating 2019 - Cast, start date and experts". Digital Spy. 25 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Celebs Go Dating announce brand new line-up including a RETURNING candidate". Hits Radio.
  10. ↑ "Celebs Go Virtual Dating - All 4". www.channel4.com.
  11. ↑ "Meet Celebrity MasterChef 2020 contestant Pete Wicks". Radio Times.
  12. ↑ "Pete Wicks "couldn't boil an egg" before doing Celeb MasterChef". Digital Spy. 23 July 2020.
  13. ↑ West, Amy (22 February 2021). "The Celebrity Circle teams up Made in Chelsea and TOWIE stars". Digital Spy.
  14. ↑ "Who are Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks? Meet The Celebrity Circle 2021 contestants". Radio Times.
  15. ↑ "MIC's Sam Thompson and TOWIE's Pete Wicks announce new show". Digital Spy. 20 January 2021.
  16. ↑ Ison, Rianne (10 November 2021). "Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins full line-up including Ferne McCann and Pete Wicks". OK! Magazine.
  17. ↑ "Pete Wicks 'haunted' after medical withdrawal from Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins". Independent.ie. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  18. ↑ "Interview with Joe Lycett ahead of the return of Joe Lycett's Got Your Back | Channel 4". www.channel4.com.
  19. ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Does Pete Wicks dip his wick? - CelebAbility". British Comedy Guide.
  20. ↑ "Sunday Brunch - Sara Cox, Tori Kelly, Giles Coren, James Locke, Pete Wicks - TheTVDB.com". thetvdb.com.
  21. ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Celebrity Juice Series 24, Episode 5". British Comedy Guide.
  22. ↑ "Which celebrities have signed up for Supermarket Sweep?". County Times.
  23. ↑ "Celebs Go Dating - Series 11: Episode 13 | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  24. ↑ Campbell, Tina (8 April 2024). "Thompson & Wicks on Ant & Dec comparisons after selling out live shows". The Standard. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  25. ↑ PodcastingToday (25 June 2025). "Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks joy at TRIC Awards podcast win - PodcastingToday". podcastingtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  26. ↑ "Josh Must Win celebs meet Josh for the first time in adorable first look". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  27. ↑ "Pete Wicks is the seventh celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  28. ↑ Hogan, Michael (8 December 2024). "Strictly Come Dancing: semi-final results – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  29. ↑ Halford, Jodie (7 January 2025). "Strictly's Pete Wicks fronts new 'dog-umentary'". BBC News.
  30. ↑ "KISS announce new show with Pete Wicks and Olivia Attwood". Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  31. ↑ "Here's everything you need to know about Pete Wicks' NEW TV show coming in January | Dogs Trust". www.dogstrust.org.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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